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Reagan is planning a series of policy discussions to help hash out a 2016 legislative agenda that will include major overhauls in three key areas: the secretary of state’s election procedures manual, which governs all elections in the state; election laws, with an emphasis on campaign finance issues; and lobbyist registration and disclosure laws.

While public education advocates welcomed the governor’s plan, many pointed out that what he is offering isn’t permanent and others insisted the funding stream is insufficient given the incessant cuts to K-12 funding over the years.

Ducey today (June 4) unveiled his proposal to provide more funding for K-12 education by increasing the amount of money that schools receive from the state’s Permanent Land Endowment Trust Fund, which contains the proceeds from the sale of state trust land.

Ducey’s office today (June 3) called a meeting of education officials, during which he laid out a plan to increase the amount of money from trust land sales that goes to K-12, according to a source familiar with the governor’s plans.

The Clean Elections Commission today (June 1) voted to instruct its legal counsel to take action after the AG’s Office dropped its appeal and motion for stay in Galassini v. Fountain Hills, which invalidated the old definition of ‘political committee.’

The Corp Comm is in no mood to furnish the DC-based Checks and Balances Project with additional information about Stump’s text messages. The group has been digging into Stump’s email and text communications to prove its point that Arizona’s energy commissioners have been lost to “regulatory capture,” the idea that regulators act more as consultants of the industries that they oversee than as objective overseers.

Despite Democratic enthusiasm, Republicans are still confident that McCain will prevail. “She might be the only real opponent he’s had in a really long time. But I still think she has zero chance,” said GOP consultant Brian Murray, who predicted a 15-point win for McCain.